Cyclone Yaas LIVE updates: India braces for one more cyclone

NDRF group announce cyclone associated alerts, forward of landfall of Cyclone ‘Yaas’, in Howrah district, Sunday, May 23, 2021. (PTI Photo)
The Navy has put 4 warships on standby and the Indian Air Force (IAF) has stored 11 transport and 25 helicopters prepared to hold out help and catastrophe reduction operations as a part of preparations to cope with the scenario arising out of Yaas, mentioned officers.
Further, the cyclone will transfer north-northwestwards because it additional strengthens to kind a ‘Very Severe’ cyclone earlier than hitting alongside the north Odisha – West Bengal coast, someplace near Paradip and Sagar islands across the night hours of May 26.
North Odisha districts together with Balasore, Bhadrak, Kendrapara and Mayurbhanj will obtain average to heavy rainfall on Tuesday with the rainfall depth growing to very heavy class on Wednesday.
Mednipur, North and South 24 Parganas, Howrah and Hooghly districts of West Bengal have been warned of heavy to very heavy rain on Tuesday and Wednesday. Extremely heavy rain is forecast on May 26 and 27 over Murshidabad, Malda, Dakshin Dinajpur, Birbhum, Bankura, Purulia and Bardhaman districts, right here.
Gale winds with speeds touching as much as 80km/hr are most definitely over Odisha, West Bengal and Bangladesh coasts from Monday night which can improve and proceed until May 26 night.